Dystopia

Check out a list of novels focusing on the darker side of life.

High-riseBallard, J. G.

Inside huge, futuristic apartment complexes one need never leave the building as all amenities are provided. However, things turn lethal as class warfare erupts, trapping thousands of tenants in a hellish new society.

In an oppressive society that requires registration of superhumans, Broken, a shattered superhuman, and a young man with a secret power must band together to save an infant from totalitarian forces as redemption hangs in the balance.

Civilization will not survive—at least not the way we know it. This collection of short stories that shows the encroachment of a totalitarian society on the individual citizen’s life includes works by Shirley Jackson, Kurt Vonnegut and more.

Overpopulation, unchecked government and powerful mega corporations control the world for the rich. Two men from opposite sides of the political spectrum find their lives intertwined as the science of genetics, designer drugs and artificial intelligence converge.

Amid the backdrop of disease, religious fundamentalism and a giant dust storm, young Ruby Cole attempts to escape becoming the bride of a man twice her age, while protecting her baby from the dangers of a post-apocalyptic Colorado.

After a flu pandemic wipes out most of the population and kills his wife, a man finds comfort in flying his 1956 Cessna around the majestic mountains of Colorado while trying to heal from the devastation.

Residents of an underground settlement are forbidden to talk about the world above ground. Treasonous talk of the upper world is met with the ultimate punishment—cleaning, the clearing away of the only viewpoint of the outside wasteland.